Who Farted? -- The Slacker

The second member of Who Farted? is presented today. The Slacker! He has a reversed ball cap, sunglasses and cigarette, along with an "S" on his chest and bunny slippers on his feet. His most notable attribute is his atomic recliner. The Slacker was the second member of the Flatulence League of America that I designed. Like yesterday's Hacker, the Slacker was out of the team by the time the banner was completed.

Who Farted? -- The Hacker

The Poon Tang Chain Gang was not the only group I belonged to that needed a banner. I also belonged to a group called Who Farted? For their banner I decided to depict all of the members as of the group as members of a super-hero team, in this case the Flatulence League of America. Starting today with myself, I present my initial concept for The Hacker.

Daily Sketch -- Creeper in Town

Another Creeper sketch. This one was done sometime in the 2000s.

Daily Sketch -- Deadman

I have been a Deadman fan since, hell, since I first came across the character. This is my heavily Neal Adams influenced sketch from some time in the 70s.

Daily Sketch -- Aquaman

I became an Aquaman fan when I first laid eyes upon the cover of Aquaman #37. I was just a kid, but it moved me. There was just something about the figure of Aquaman hold the body of his dead wife surrounded by a rotting sea that grabbed me. Shortly after this Dick Giordano took over as editor and brought in Steve Skeates to write the book and Jim Aparo to draw it and what followed. for the next few years, was my favorite comic series of all time. Anyway, Aquaman, cool character.

Daily Sketch -- The Flash Layout

When I was a kid and first thinking about drawing comic books, there was a Flash 80-page Giant that contained a 2-page section by Carmine Infantino called, "How I Draw the Flash" and it was the first real instruction I ever had on constructing a body or face. I think because of this short feature, I became a huge Flash fan. Makes no sense I realize, but there you have it. So over the years I have played with the Flash over and over. This is just me trying to do some storytelling using a static six-panel structure.

Daily Sketch -- Contemplation

I drew this a long, long time ago, maybe in the 70's even. It was the beginning of a page layout for a story about a guy contemplating suicide. I don't remember anything else about it.

Daily Sketch -- Posing

Just a page of miscellaneous poses from my sketchbook. Just me doodling around sometime in the distant past.

Daily Sketch -- The Star Queen

I have no idea how old this one is. This is a character I created in high school, The Star Queen. I haven't seen her in a long time. What a surprise to find.

Daily Sketch -- Back to the Creeper

Or maybe, "Back of the Creeper" would be a better title. Another of my Creeper sketches. There is just something about that unusual Ditko costume that keeps drawing me in. This might have been done around 2000 or so.

Daily Sketch -- Canyon Living

Rough sketch for what a much larger piece I did as a possible portfolio page for Mayhem #3. This is called "Canyon Living" and it is an alien world where humans can only live in the depths of canyons and have built a city into the canyon walls. You can see on the right that I added a scale to use when moving this over to a larger art board.

Daily Sketch -- The Creeper

I have found literally dozens of Creeper sketches in my old sketchbooks. I always loved the character and wished something more had been done with this Steve Ditko creation over the years. Most of my Creeper sketches are like this, half-assed and unfinished. This looks to be from around 2002.

Daily Sketch -- Motorcycle

This is a sketch I did while working on illustrating a story by my good friend Alex Ness. Someday I have to finish that final page.

Daily Sketch -- Faces

I don't know. Faces, but for what or from what I have no idea. Something makes me think I was going to do a Tarzan picture, maybe for the 90th anniversary of the character in 2002, but this is only a guess.

Daily Sketch -- Vows Page Two

 

This is maybe 10 years old. A layout for the second page of a comic version of the screenplay "Vows" I wrote with Tom Fudge, this the opening scene, someone waking up after having a vision, getting out of bed and kicking an accordion, then walking past a picture of him in the Polka Pimps.



Dail Sketch -- Vampirilla

This one is within the last few years. I would love to be able to draw this character like the legendary Jose Gonzalez did. He drew the sexiest women in the world.

Daily Sketch -- Green Lantern

Back to some rougher sketches. This would be from sometime around 1987-88. Can't nail it down any more than that. Green Lantern obviously.

Daily Sketch -- Batman Comes Clean

I think I have drawn this scene a couple of times. I don't know why but it always sits there in my head, wanting to come out. I am guessing this is from the early 1990s. "The tide is high but I'm holding on..."

Daily Sketch -- Vows Redux

These are from last year. Another shot at the "Vows" screenplay, this one as a daily comic strip as opposed to a comic book. A little more finished than a sketch actually. This was done on my Surface tablet using Manga Studio.

Daily Sketch -- Vows

This is maybe 10 years old. A layout for a comic version of the screenplay "Vows" I wrote with Tom Fudge, this is the opening scene, someone waking up after having a vision.